A break from the bars to eye the St Leger

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There is phenomenal racing today with both the St Leger and the Irish Champion stakes even if I can hear purist punters saying that neither race is an ideal betting heat. Well, life is too short for such self-discipline so let’s get down to finding a couple of winning bets.

Each race has a hot favourite — Scorpion at Doncaster, Azamour at Leopardstown — and the first thing to consider is whether they justify their prices. Scorpion has been at ridiculously short odds for this race for weeks, “short enough,” as one bookie told me this week, “to prevent too